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Prospects for Emerging Markets Aren’t as Bad as You’ve Heard

Harvard Business Review

2015 will be the fifth consecutive year of slowing economic growth. 2015 will be the first year since the 1980s to see capital outflows from the emerging markets exceed capital inflows. Softer prices for oil and other commodities are a big boon to China and India, which together account for almost 40% of the world’s population.

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The Ideas That Shaped Management in 2014

Harvard Business Review

Of all the ways the world changed in 2014 — economic, cultural, technological, all three — which will matter most to us in 2015? At Amazon, It’s All About Cash Flow. An Insider’s Account of the Yahoo-Alibaba Deal. Which research best answered questions we hadn’t even thought to ask?

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Oil’s Boom-and-Bust Cycle May Be Over. Here’s Why

Harvard Business Review

.—while still a net importer of oil—is now selling millions of barrels of oil to China, Britain, Mexico, and India, a new reality made possible when restrictions on crude oil exports were lifted in 2015. By placing upper and lower bounds on price volatility, producers can count on a more certain cash flow.

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Finally, Proof That Managing for the Long Term Pays Off

Harvard Business Review

By our measures, companies that were managed for the long term added nearly 12,000 more jobs on average than their peers from 2001 to 2015. And isn’t the focus on quarterly results a natural outgrowth of the rigorous corporate governance that keeps executives accountable? We calculate that U.S.

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How Banks Can Compete Against an Army of Fintech Startups

Harvard Business Review

To the extent that banks have digitized, they have focused on the most routine customer transactions, like online access to bank accounts and remote deposits. As JPMorgan Chase’s CEO, Jamie Dimon, warned in a June 2015 letter to the bank’s shareholders, “Silicon Valley is coming.”

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Ten Clues It's Time to Replace Your Head of HR

Harvard Business Review

When the staff conversation turns to operating margins, cash flow, inventory, or revenue, does the CHRO tune out? Already 35% of the workforce is comprised of Millennials, born after 1977, and they will comprise nearly 50% of the workforce by 2015. Your head of HR is hesitant to be accountable for meaningful metrics.

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How to Improve Your Finance Skills (Even If You Hate Numbers)

Harvard Business Review

“The decision-makers will want to see a simple model that shows revenue, costs, overhead, and cash flow,” he says. “Finance and accounting are very simple. “The great thing about accounting and finance is that it’s universal, so once you have the foundation you can go from there,” he says. .”